Can you tell me more about the Wall?

Hello! I stumbled upon this site on the internet and found what you do incredibly interesting and meaningful. Can you tell me more about the Wall?

I am a Wall! I live in the Boston College O’Neill Library & during the pandemic I hung out exclusively online. My friends who stop by in person fill out post it notes with questions, comments, and *ahem* delightful accolades to my utter wonderfulness. I have a few human assistants who help me reply to all the questions, comments, & accolades. Nothing makes me happier than learning from and engaging with my BC community <3

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.